Election Day
Not much to add at this point. I’m trying to decide how to handle this evening: when to start watching, and how to maintain some sort of equanimity in the face of the tension. I don’t know whether we’ll know … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Me, myself, and I
Can’t we all just get along?
From the one and only Babylon Bee: “Listen up, you Nazis. Here’s the deal,” Biden said. “Dangerous, inflammatory rhetoric has no place in our political discourse. That’s why I’m calling on all of Donald Trump’s nasty, disgusting, disease-infested, Hitler-loving, supporters … Continue reading →
On abortion as the #1 issue
From commenter “Peter Sells”: t worries me, the notion that there are so many people in the voting public for whom it is possible that abortion might be the #1, #2 and #3 (…) issue. The economy could crash, the … Continue reading →
Critical Legal Studies: the radical assault on truth in American law was already apparent many decades ago
I became interested in Critical Legal Studies long ago, in the 1980s. I had been to law school in the 1970s, so it didn’t affect my own legal education. To the best of my recollection, although my law school had … Continue reading →
Today is the 20th anniversary of this blog [BUMPED UP: scroll down for new posts]
That’s mind-boggling to me. I started very tentatively, at my son’s suggestion. When he said I should start a blog I immediately said, “No, no way.” But he went to Blogger.com, showed me a few blog templates and told me … Continue reading →
Things I’ve noticed lately
It’s getting darker earlier. I hate that. It’s getting a mite colder, too. That, I don’t mind. In fact, I rather like the change. I’m getting more tired of cooking and more into eating prepared foods. These Power Bowls aren’t … Continue reading →
This old house
I think this video is kind of fun. My observations follow: (1) My mother called the refrigerator the icebox for most or maybe even all of her life. (2) I have very strong memories of transom windows. In particular, they … Continue reading →
On presidential debates
First let’s talk about what happened last night. I didn’t watch the debate, because – as I’ve said many times – I hate presidential debates and they make me very nervous as well. In this case, I expected Trump to … Continue reading →
Question authority, revisited
Here’s an interesting comment from “Cary Kembla.” It’s an attempt to explain Democrat voters who continue to believe the biased MSM and authorities who’ve been wrong so many times: I think the dimension that is lacking in these people is … Continue reading →
Customer support has gotten even worse, if such a thing be possible
In the past two days I’ve spent several frustrating hours locking horns with so-called customer support for three companies. The terms “customer support” and “chat” became fairly Orwellian quite some time ago, but the situation has gotten even more ridiculous … Continue reading →
Commenter “AesopFan” explains my own position vis à vis liberal Democrat friends and family, for the most part
Here’s the description [emphasis mine]: [From] JFM > “These are educated people who always take the news at face value. I can’t understand this. It drives me crazy.” When they only see the news from one side, in which so … Continue reading →
The Democratic National Convention began today
I won’t be watching. Speeches – particularly from the left, but speeches in general – are not my cup of tea. I’m not a glutton for punishment, although I usually watch some excerpts. But there’s plenty of coverage all over … Continue reading →